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How To Stay Safe And Keep Your Privacy Online

Jul

17

2017

How to Stay Safe and Keep Your Privacy Online “is a series of tips that we use to provide security guidelines that help users stay safe while using the Web and keep away from potentially harmful security risks such as phishing, phishing, viruses, and malware. Relating to privacy and maintaining the security of accounts.
We review with you in the second part of this series a set of tips about the web browser and how to take advantage of your browser settings to achieve a more secure and private experience.

Update your browser for the latest version

It is very important to check that your web browser is updated to the latest version to avoid the risks of browser vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities that are usually fixed by periodic security updates.

How do you do this?

On Chrome you can make sure you’re using the latest version or installing new updates by going to the Settings button at the top right of the screen and then selecting Help and then Google Chrome.

As another option, you can type chrome: // help in the address bar, and you’ll see the same window as before.

On the Firefox browser go to the settings menu and select the question mark icon below and choose About Firefox

On the Opera browser, go directly to the Settings icon and choose About Opera

Disable flash playback by default
The problems and vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash do not end, which prompted most browsers to stop the extension support permanently and disable it by default, but some users still need to run the extension in the browser, to run some games or others.

If you will allow sites to run Flash within the web browser, it is best to activate the first question feature, which allows you to run the flash when you visit only when you want and in the sites of your choice.

In the Address field, type opera: // settings
On the Settings page, type Flash in the search box
Click to play

Delete cookies automatically
Cookies

Cookies are used by websites to create files inside your computer to store certain information to determine user behavior on the Internet, which many users find offensive to their privacy.

So it’s best to delete cookies automatically and not allow the browser to store any files on your device after each browsing.

You can see steps to delete cookies on Chrome and Firefox through this topic.

Check the reliability of extensions before installing them

Browser extensions provide us with greater efficiency and flexibility while browsing the web, but you should be careful before installing these extensions to avoid security issues.

So, when installing plugins on official stores such as the Chrome Web Store, read the add-on assessment and user reviews before installing, and check the permissions required by the add-on.

Depend on your browsing feature

You can rely on the “hidden” browser feature to surf the web in complete secrecy without keeping track of website visits. Once you’ve surfed the web when you enable this feature, nothing you do on your browser will be recorded like the sites you’ve visited or the searches you’ve done.